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15th Annual Zed Fest Film Festival 2024 Film Awards
Congrats! To All. Thank you for joining us for our screening Event Nov 12-17, 2024
Feature Film Award Name
Blood Magick
Outstanding Producing
James Delhauer,Micah Delhauer
Outstanding Screen Story Micah Delhauer
Outstanding Acting Performance
Frances Parsons
Outstanding Bad-Ass Heroine
Frances Parsons
Clawface
Outstanding Directing Mike Streeter
Outstanding Producing Morgan Poferl, Mike Streeter
Outstanding Screen Story Josh Barbee, Mike Streeter
Outstanding Acting Performance Kelly Bohart
Outstanding Acting Performance Max Raines
Outstanding Ensemble Clawface Cast
Outstanding Retro Style Clawface
Outstanding Music Composer Sean Barrett
Outstanding Final Girls Award Kelly Bohart
Alexandra Deaver
Rachel Pizzulli
Instead
Outstanding Screen Story Blake Berlin
Outstanding Producing Blake Berlin, Anastasia Rutkowski
Outstanding Acting Performance Blake Berlin
Outstanding Acting Performance Brittney Bertier
Mysterious Ways
Outstanding Directing Tyler Eaton
Outstanding Screen Story Tyler Eaton
Outstanding Acting Performance Alyssa Sabo
Outstanding Acting Performance Kendal Evans
Outstanding Acting Performance Shannon Dee
Outstanding Acting Performance Eddie Pepitone
Outstanding SPFX MU Danika Nikole Asbury
The Cellar
Outstanding Screen Story Jamie David Langlands
Outstanding Producing Jamie David Langlands, Jay Shurey
Outstanding Acting Performance Meghan Adara
Outstanding Acting Performance Wayne Liversidge
Featurette Film
From Beyond
Outstanding Screen story Luca Ferrara
Outstanding Producing Luca Ferrara,Giorgio Lattanzi
Primacy
Outstanding Directing Jos Man
Outstanding Screen Story Javier J Valencia
The Scalpel
Outstanding Retro Style Ed Hartman
Short Film
A Mother's Love
Outstanding Screen Story Christopher Pierantoni
Outstanding Acting Performance Khrystyne Haje
Outstanding Acting Performance Joe Schwartz
Fast Sale
Outstanding Screen Story Steven Lancefield
Factory Drop
Outstanding Screen Story Petja Pulkrabek
Outstanding Producing Jana Pulkrabek
Outstanding High Concept
I Drew You
Outstanding Directing Harry Valentine
Outstanding Producing Paul Laier
Outstanding Acting Performance Ibanda Ruhumbika
Ivania
Outstanding Directing Luigi Abanto
Outstanding Producing Luigi Abanto,Àlex Murrull
Danel Aser
Outstanding Acting Performance Christian Guiriguet
Outstanding Acting Performance Núria Florensa
Love Forevermore
Outstanding Producing Jeremy Mowery,Annette Bedrossian
Outstanding Stop Motion Animation
Jeremy Mowery,Annette Bedrossian
Nightmare
Outstanding Directing Christopher Outridge
Outstanding producing Christopher Outridge,Amanda Ruiz
Outstanding Acting Performance Amber Picon
Orange Like Me
Outstanding Acting Performance Suzannah Samuel
Outstanding Screen Story
Suzannah Samuel
Portti
Outstanding Screen Story
Tuomas Järvenpää
Outstanding Directing Tuomas Järvenpää
Outstanding Acting Performance Markku Pihlajaviita
Reflection
Outstanding Screen Story
Patrick Deary
Outstanding Producing
Patrick Deary,Trinity Jackson
Kendall Blanchette
Outstanding Acting Performance Jenna Levere
The Living Room
Outstanding Screen Story
Joslyn Rogers
Outstanding Producing
Joslyn Rogers
Outstanding Acting Performance
Allie Nicole Thompson
The Machine
Outstanding Screen Story
Chris McElroy
Outstanding Producing
Chris McElroy,Corey Schmalzle
Scream of the Songbird
Outstanding Directing
Vincent M Hudock, Alex Falcon
Outstanding Producing
Alex Falcon,Leslie Butcher
Byron Butcher
Outstanding Acting Performance
Sasha Baker
Outstanding Acting Performance
Hailey Mauk
The Visitor
Outstanding Screen Story
Nikolaus Aldrich
Outstanding Producing
Dylan Gansen,Nikolaus Aldrich
Outstanding Acting Performance
John Glowacki
Who the F**k is Jacky Bumpers?
Outstanding Screen Story
Alan Halls
Outstanding Producing
Allan Halls, Chip Carey
Outstanding V. Acting Performance
Laura Innes
Outstanding Acting Performance
Chip Carey
Outstanding Cinematography
Nick Severson
Outstanding Super 8
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1973 Morris Minor
Super Short Film
Mr. Funtimez
Outstanding Comedy Horror
Paper Dolls
Outstanding Screen Story
Zoe Katzen
Outstanding Producing
Jenny Irving, Antony Antony Teofilo
Whittled Down
Outstanding Animation
Olly Glenn
Transformation
Outstanding Super 8
Alan Maxson
Music Video/Film Trailer
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Outstanding Music Video Grant M. Varner
By: Cult Affections
Outstanding Producing
Grant M. Varner
Zed Fest Film Festival
Special Award 2023 Director Producer
Independent Spirit Filmmaker
Alan Maxson
Alien Planet
15th Annual Zed Fest Film Festival 2024 Official Selections
Feature Film Producer Director
Blood Magick James Delhauer,Micah Delhauer
Micah Delhauer
"West Coast Premiere"
Clawface
Morgan Poferl, Mike Streeter
Mike Streeter
Instead
Blake Berlin, Anastasia Rutkowski
Blake Berlin
Mysterious Ways
Lauren Gilbert
Tyler Eaton
"West Coast Premiere"
The Cellar
Jamie David Langlands, Jay Shurey
Jamie David Langlands
Featurette Film
Event Virus
Deborah Dalton
Andrea Fantauzzi
From Beyond
Giorgio Lattanzi,Luca Ferrara
Luca Ferrara
Primacy
Jos Man,Cesar Rodriguez
Jos Man
Robert Ors,Carles Iturbe
The Scalpel
Ed Hartman
Richard H Lyford
Short Film
A Mother's Love
Christopher Pierantoni,
Christopher Pierantoni
Rey Pierantoni,Lisa Campisi
Blue Dance
Denise Baughn
Elya Randrianaivo
Dahlia's Monsters
Celeste Bird,Yuliia Zolina
Abigail Salmon
Abigail Salmon
Factory Drop
Petja Pulkrabek Petja Pulkrabek
Fast Sale
Steven Lancefield
Steven Lancefield
I Drew You
Harry Valentine
Harry Valentine
Ivania
Àlex Murrull,Danel Aser
Luigi Abanto
Luigi Abanto
Love Forevermore
Jeremy Mowery
Jeremy Mowery,Annette Bedrossian
Annette Bedrossian
Nightmare
Christopher Outridge,Amanda Ruiz
Christopher Outridge
Orange Like Me
Suzannah Samuel
Suzannah Samuel
Portti
Tuomas Järvenpää
Tuomas Järvenpää
Reflection
Patrick Deary,Kendall Blanchette
Patrick Deary
Trinity Jackson
Slumber
Roberto Meza
Roberto Meza
The Living Room
Joslyn Rogers
Joslyn Rogers
The Machine
Chris McElroy,Corey Schmalzle
Chris McElroy
Scream of the Songbird
Alex Falcon,Leslie Butcher
Vincent M Hudock, Alex Falcon
Byron Butcher
The Visitor
Dylan Gansen,Nikolaus Aldrich
Nikolaus Aldrich
Who the F**k is Jacky Bumpers?
Alan Halls, Chip Carey
Alan Halls
Super Short Film
Mr. Funtimez Tim Clark
Tim Clark
Paper Dolls Jenny Irving,Antony Antony Teofilo
Zoe Katzen
Peekaboo
Cedric Houle,Noah Shearer
Cedric Houle
William Barboza
Reverb Jusin Kim
Jusin Kim
Whittled Down
Olly Glenn
Olly Glenn
Transformation
Alan Maxson
Alan Maxson
Music video/Film Trailer
I'm The problem By: Cherribo Sam Welks
Sam Welks
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Grant M Varner
Grant M Varner
By: Cult Affections
15th Annual Zed Fest Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2024
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Zed Fest Feature Screenplay Competition 2024 Winners
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1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
Honorable Mention
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2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
Honorable Mention
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Penelope Spheeris,Jim Jarmusch.
These filmmakers followed their passion for filmmaking.They made films for the love of filmmaking as an artform.
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You can enter our Zed Fest Film Festival and to be considered for this award
. If you have directed, produced or co-produced, written a screenplay.
Mary Pickford was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, co-founder of the
film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In addition she starred in countless films,including several in the Action Genre
making her one of the first action film stars. She produced many of her films
having started in film acting as child she understood the medium better than most
and knew early on that artists in film needed to be protected and have more
control over their work. She also was instrumental in archiving early silent films,including Charlie Chaplin Films.
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